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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by IMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,000,341
Total expenses
$14,089,852
Contributions and grants received
$10,185,674
Grants paid
$173,354
Program service revenue
$4,847,772
Investment income
$31,592
Other revenue
-$64,697
Total assets, end of year
$7,484,112
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,176,348
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,307,764
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$11,648,407
Management and general expenses
$1,922,233
Fundraising expenses
$519,212
Program service expenses (Part III)
$11,648,407

Program services were 82.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $55,925

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $6,454,121

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,675,628

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $4,847,772 · related or exempt $4,847,772

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,592 · excluded $31,592

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $9,001

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $55,925

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $73,698

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$64,697 · excluded -$64,697

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $625 · program services $625

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $172,729 · program services $172,729

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $687,544 · program services $629,584 · management and general $31,299 · fundraising $26,661

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $8,474,549 · program services $7,760,140 · management and general $385,781 · fundraising $328,628

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $22,890 · program services $26,900 · management and general $3,140 · fundraising -$7,150

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $352,584 · program services $324,058 · management and general $20,136 · fundraising $8,390

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $736,792 · program services $673,235 · management and general $35,589 · fundraising $27,968

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $10,206 · management and general $10,206

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $142,010 · management and general $142,010

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $78,975 · fundraising $78,975

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $460,362 · program services $234,600 · management and general $203,571 · fundraising $22,191

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $159,163 · program services $131,511 · management and general $26,818 · fundraising $834

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $283,297 · program services $51,898 · management and general $222,500 · fundraising $8,899

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $310,092 · program services $150,041 · management and general $155,429 · fundraising $4,622

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $569,253 · program services $75,417 · management and general $493,836

  • 17 · Travel

    total $579,897 · program services $414,761 · management and general $160,237 · fundraising $4,899

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $916,326 · program services $761,767 · management and general $140,264 · fundraising $14,295

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $72,801 · management and general $72,801

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $59,757 · management and general $59,757

  • 24a · Other expenses: INDIRECT COST ALLOCATIO

    total $0 · program services $241,141 · management and general -$241,141

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,372,614 · end of year $582,905

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $477,875 · end of year $538,459

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,510,739 · end of year $4,137,920

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $51,995 · end of year $63,008

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,279,716

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $152,876

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,158,858 · end of year $2,126,840

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $17,823 · end of year $34,980

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $640,092 · end of year $260,215

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $2,460,395 · end of year $2,898,511

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $17,622

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,609,874 · end of year $2,717,760

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $879,543 · end of year $1,590,004

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PURPOSE AND MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUNG MEN OF COLOR TO ATTEND AND GRADUATE FROM 4-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

  • THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOL SITES ACROSS SACRAMENTO, YOLO, SAN JOAQUIN, STANISLAUS, MERCED, CONTRA COSTA, SOLANO, AND SAN FRANCISCO COUNTIES, IMPROVE YOUR TOMORROW PROVIDED COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO NEARLY 4,425 YOUNG MEN OF COLOR. OUR SERVICES INCLUDED MENTORSHIP, MEMBER DEVELOPMENT, PARENT ENGAGEMENT, INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS, COLLEGE TOURS, AND TUTORING. WE ALSO EXPANDED OUR IMPACT BY OFFERING WELLNESS SESSIONS AND COLLEGE COMPLETION SERVICES, HELPING ENSURE OUR MEMBERS ARE NOT ONLY COLLEGE-BOUND, BUT COLLEGE-READY AND SUPPORTED THROUGH GRADUATION.

    Expenses $11,648,407 · Grants $173,354 · Revenue $4,847,772

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michael Lynch

    CEO AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $191,759
    From this org
    $186,558
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,201
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $186,558
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,125
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76
    Filer's total
    $191,759
  • Richard Pan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary King

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Ortiz

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Cardoza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jay Jefferson II

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Roberts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Che Salinas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harold Jackson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ed Bush

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Martinez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gerald Agustin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oscar Cervantes

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janae Aptaker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Casper

    COO

    Total calculated
    $172,219
    From this org
    $167,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,046
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,173
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,970
    Nontaxable benefits
    $76
    Filer's total
    $172,219
  • Candice Phillips Til Aug 2023

    CFO / CAO

    Total calculated
    $95,271
    From this org
    $89,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,548
    Hours/week
    40
  • Menne Hall

    CHIEF PROGRAM AND PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $132,083
    From this org
    $131,203
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $880
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dimitrius Stone Til Sept 2023

    CHIEF OF COLLEGE COMPLETION & AMERICORPS (UNTIL A

    Total calculated
    $96,210
    From this org
    $84,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,259
    Hours/week
    40
  • William Johnson

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $123,876
    From this org
    $120,949
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,927
    Hours/week
    40
  • Jesus Andrade

    DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS & POLICY AND ADVOC

    Total calculated
    $128,464
    From this org
    $122,202
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,262
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202521269349301647

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